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Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Friday 2/3/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Saturday 2/4/2012 2:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Saturday 2/4/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Sunday 2/5/2012 1:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Sunday 2/5/2012 6:30 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Tuesday 2/7/2012 7:30 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Wednesday 2/8/2012 7:30 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Thursday 2/9/2012 7:30 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Friday 2/10/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Saturday 2/11/2012 2:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Saturday 2/11/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Sunday 2/12/2012 1:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Benedum Center Pittsburgh,PA	Sunday 2/12/2012 6:30 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre Orlando,FL	Tuesday 2/14/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets
Billy Elliot	Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre Orlando,FL	Wednesday 2/15/2012 8:00 PM	View Cheap Tickets

 

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About Billy Elliot

Broadway has taken to drawing inspiration from all manner of places – rock albums, books, and animated movies among the choices. Non-animated films have also contributed to the fold, as in the case of Billy Elliot.

The independent British film was released in 2000 and became a sleeper hit, winning numerous awards around the world. Lee Hall, the screenwriter, capitalized on that success and moved forward with the idea of turning the story into a musical. To do so, Hall penned the book and lyrics with Elton John contributing the music.

The plot of Billy Elliot centers on the title character, a young man in a working-class English town who throws down the traditional boxing gloves and tries on ballet shoes, therein finding his true passion. As Hall's screenplay was partly inspired by A.J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down, the musical's opening number plays tribute to that work.

In 2005, the musical opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London's West End, eventually capturing four of the nine Laurence Olivier Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Musical. That same award would also be bestowed for the Broadway staging which won 10 Tony Awards and 10 Drama Desk Awards. The Australian production garnered a record-tying seven Helpmann Awards.

Along with Hall, the film's director, Stephen Daldry, and choreographer, Peter Darling, were on board for the original London production which Charles Spencer from the Daily Telegraph called "the greatest British musical I have ever seen." Three actors rotated through the role of Billy.

In November of 2007, Sydney's Capitol Theatre hosted the Australian staging with Daldry and Darling at the helm, but with the addition of Julian Webber as a co-director. After a year's run and numerous accolades, the show moved to Melbourne for a six-month run that ended in mid-2009.

At the same time, November of 2008, Broadway was readying to welcome Billy Elliot to the Imperial Theatre. With the original London creative team in charge, the show drew rave reviews from every corner, inciting Liz Smith to call it "absolutely, unequivocally awesome." Though expensive to stage, the production recouped its $18 million investment after 14 months and continued to do blockbuster business.

The touring company of Billy Elliot started at the Ford Center for Performing Arts in Chicago in early 2010 and will stay there until it runs out of steam. A second touring company was brought on to open at the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina in November of 2010 and then head to Minneapolis, Portland, Tampa, and St. Louis.

Seoul, South Korea has a staging underway as of August, 2010 while Toronto is prepping the first Canadian production to open in 2011.

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